25th August, 2018
Adejoke Adeleye, Abeokuta
The alleged security lapses, mass unemployment, “Live threatening poverty” fall of standard education in the country are indications that the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) government has failed in governance and must therefore be voted out of power in 2019.
This was the view of a House of Representatives aspirant in Ogun State, Alhaja Basirat Shonekan-Umaru who declared her intention to contest in the Abeokuta South Federal Constituency seat under the platform to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Shonekan-Umaru, who spoke at the Party’s secretariat in GRA, Abeokuta stressed the need for paradigm shift in the Representation of the people at the National level.
“As a woman who has nurtured a very happy home, coupled with a blossom career, my experience would be brought to the fore if am elected,” she affirmed
According to her “The time has come for a break from the old ways -for a purposeful and fruitful change and restoration of hope, for responsible government and dynamic Representation of our people in Abeokuta ”
On her plans for the State if elected, she said, “I will give priority to projects that will affect the lives of the people positively. I will work with the federal government of Nigeria to reduce the number of unemployed youths, unemployed people in Abeokuta”.
Her words ” I have been able to empower many people in Abeokuta under Ola-Iya foundation which was birthed in 2014, about 1500 people have benefited from the interest free soft loans ranging from #10,000 to #50,000 per beneficiary.”